Beyond Aggravating and Mitigating Factors: The Analysis of Colorado's Death Penalty Cases (1999-2010):

IF 1.3 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
C. Okpara, A. Hendricks, L. Cobb
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Abstract In Colorado, studies have shown that the likelihood of the prosecutions’ decision to pursue the death penalty is related to the defendant’s race and judicial district of the trial. These studies examined race and district separately without incorporating aggravating or mitigating factors resulting in others questioning the studies’ validity. Our objective is to address these concerns by modelling race and population density together along with applied aggravating and mitigating factors. We found that the likelihood of the prosecutions’ decision to pursue the death penalty differs by the number of aggravating factors applied to a case, applicability of specific aggravating factors, and the defendant's race. Additionally, there were aggravating factors that were frequently applied yet did not predict the average prosecution’s decision to pursue the death penalty beyond contributing to the overall number of aggravating factors applied to the case.
超越加重和减轻因素:科罗拉多州死刑案件分析(1999-2010年):
在美国科罗拉多州,有研究表明,原告决定执行死刑的可能性与被告的种族和审判的司法区域有关。这些研究分别考察了种族和地区,没有纳入加重或减轻因素,导致其他人质疑研究的有效性。我们的目标是通过模拟种族和人口密度以及应用的加重和减轻因素来解决这些问题。我们发现,控方决定判处死刑的可能性因适用于案件的加重因素数量、具体加重因素的适用性和被告的种族而异。此外,除了对案件适用的加重因素总数有所贡献之外,还有一些加重因素经常适用,但并不能预测一般检察机关是否会决定判处死刑。
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